An old people’s home in Stoke Bishop is revolutionising a new method in ensuring that medication is delivered appropriately to their residents.

Charlotte Leslie, the Conservative party’s prospective MP for Bristol North West, today visited Stokeleigh on Stoke Hill to see for herself the innovative method.

Charlotte was told that the method helps improve quality of life for residents. It also means that no medication is wasted as exactly the right quantity is ordered depending on the individual needs of residents, thus saving money. Staff at Stokeleigh have a small handheld device that tells them to administer the correct drugs to the correct person at the correct time. Staff explained how this is a much better system than the traditional paper method as patient needs can be updated on a daily basis from a central computer.

Stokeleigh deputy manager Bill Van Nuil told Charlotte that the Proactive Care System had made a big difference at the home. Bill, who moved to Bristol from Edinburgh four years ago, said that it is a failsafe method of delivering drugs.

Charlotte, whose father has been a Bristol NHS surgeon for almost 30 years, has a special interest in health issues. She said: “It was really good to see innovation at work here that not only saves money but improves patient care at the same time. Patient care must be the most important aspect of any health service.”